Abstract

Superconductivity is the absence of electrical resistance in certain materials
at very low temperatures. It has been 100 years since the initial discovery of
superconductivity in 1911. Since then, only one, major commercial application
of superconductivity has developed: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the
1980s. Even so, MRI along with other superconductor applications has developed
into a global market worth billions.

The superconductor industry has gone through six eras in the last 100 years
and has just entered a new one-the 7th. Major improvements in technology and
applications are expected to bring a renaissance of superconductivity during
the next 10 - 15 years. This will be based not on incremental progress in the
existing technologies like MRI and HTS (high temperature superconductors), but
rather on a radical breakthrough in a different, highly attractive and rapidly
growing industry, possibly power, clean energy, electronics, communications,
transportation, defense, space and beyond.

Due to this rapid growth and major changes in technology, the
superconductivity industry landscape will undergo a profound change, bringing
huge increases in demand, profits in the billions of US dollars, and
competitive upheaval.

This report provides a detailed look at the global superconductivity market in
all its aspects, including:

The last 100 years of superconductivity in terms of science, technology
and industry.

Global market for superconductivity in MRI, Research and Technological
Development, New Large-Scale Applications, New Electronic Applications:
2007-2019.